Awning



Patented Mar. 11, 1930 PATENT OFFICE GEORGE SCHULER, OF WOODSIDE, NEWYORK AWN ING Application filed July 16, 1927. Serial No. 206,144.

This invention relates to improvements in awning construction and hasfor one of its objects the provision of an awning that may be readilyoperated from the inside of the house withoutremoving the wire screenthat may be in place in the window frame, and thus prevent'anymosquitoes or other insects from entering the house while eitherlowering or raising the awning.

Another object of the invention is to provide an awning that willautomatically adjust itself lengthwise so that it may be used inconnection with windows of different heights.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide an awning of thisnature with a suspension Jframe that may be readily adjusted to iitwindow frames of various widths.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which I haveshown one embodiment of my invention Figure 1 is a front view inelevation of my improved awning, looking from the outside of the house;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the awning roller andsuspension brackets partly broken away;

Fig. 4 is a front view partly in section of the awning suspension frame;Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the bottom or free end of theawning, and

Fig. 6 is an end view of the suspension frame looking Jfrom the right ofFig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 10 indicates a window Jframeprovided with side members 11 and 12 and top and bottom members 13 and14 respectively, and mounted in the said frame are the usual top andbottom sashes 15 and 16 as well as a wire netting screen 17. U An awninggenerally indicated as 18 is suspended from a frame 19 located at thetop of the window frame and secured to the side members 11 and 12. Thissuspension frame comprises left and right side roller brackets 20 and 21to which are secured at 22 and 23 channel members or cross-pieces 24 and25. These cross-pieces are adjustably connected by a connector 26secured to the member 24 and adj ustably maintained on the member 25 bya screw 27 passing through a slot 28 and threaded into the saidconnector 26. The members 24 and 25 are each provided with a slot oropening 30 adapted to receive prongs 31 bent up from suspension brackets32 and 33 secured respectively to the window frame members 11 and 12.These brackets are secured to the window frame by screws passing throughopenings 34 in the said brackets. Screws 35 passing into the framemembers 11 and 12 through openings in lugs 36 on the roller brackets 2Oand 21 and through like openings in the brackets 32 and 33 together withthe lugs 31, maintain the frame 19 in place.

The awning proper or curtain designated as 4() is secured at one end, toa roller 41 provided at one end thereof with a metallic tube 42 (seeFig. 3) having secured'thereto the usual power spring 43 which issecured at its opposite end to a rod 44 terminating in a fiattened end45 which forms the rolling pivot for the roller at one end. A screw 46journaled in the bracket 20 and threaded into the roller 41 at theopposite end forms the other rolling pivot or bearing. The bracket 21 isprovided with a slot 47 somewhat longer than the head 45 on the rod 44to permit of easy entry therethrough of the said head and a shorter slot48 crossing the slot 47 at the center thereof and at right anglesthereto, to which position the head 45 is turned to prevent the rod 44from becoming unseated, the spring 43 tending to normally maintain thehead 45 in the slot 48. A pin 49 in the head 45 bears against the insidesurface of the bracket 21 and prevents any movement of the roller inthis direction.

The curtain 40 terminates at the free end thereof in a fold or pocket 50through which passes a tube 51 (see Fig. 5) provided at its ends withadjustably mounted rods 52 extending partway into the said tube 51 andextending outwardly therefrom. These rods 52 pass thiougli ears 53 otrods 54 telescopically arranged in tubular arms 55 to form curtainextension means and the said arms 55 are hingcdly secured to brackets 5Gsecured to the side traine members 11 and 12. The free end of the awningcurtain 40 is further provided with an eye bolt 57 which has securedthereto a cord 58 passing around pulleys 59 and (30 rotatably mounted ina bracket 61 which may be secured to the frame 62 of the screen 17 or itdesired to the lower window trame member 14 and the said cord 5S passesthrough an opening G3 in the screen frame into the inside ot the roomwhere it may be suitably tied.

The operation ot the awning and the mode ot attaching saine over awindow is as follows The suspension frame 19 is first adj usted to theproper size to conform with a given width of window frame, by looseningthe screw 27 and moving the members 24 and 25 either inwardly oroutwardly as the case may be to the required dimension, and thentightening; the said screw 27. The brackets 32 and 33 are then securedto the window trame members 11 and 12 so that the distance between theprongs 31 is equal to the distance between the slots in the members 24and 25. The traine 19 is then suspended trom the said prongs 31 andscrews 35 are passed through the lugs 36 into the window :traine members11 and 12. The roller 41 with the curtain 40 thereon is then mounted inthe side brackets 20 and 21, it being understood in this connection thatthe rod 44 may be extended to the required length against the tension ofthe spring 43 and the bearing screw 46 may also be extended for the saidpurpose. The roller 41 may then be wound up by inserting a iod or thelike into an opening 45 in the head rod 45. The rods 52 in the tube 51are then adjusted inwardly or outwardly as the ease may be and cotterpins 52n or the like are passed through openings in the loop portion 50and the tube 51 to maintain the rods 52 in adjusted position. Thetelescopically arranged arms 54 and 55 are then suspended from the rods52 and the brackets 56 are secured to the frame members 11 and 12 atapproximately the vertical center line thereof and the cord 58 isthreaded through the pulleys 59 and 60 and the opening 63 and the awningmay then be drawn down it desired. Pins 52b passing through the rods 52will maintain the rods 54 in proper position. l

Upon drawing the cord 58 the awning 40 will move down carrying with itthe rods 54 until the enlarged portions 54a make contact with tubulararms 55.` Any further drawing ot the cord will revolve the said arms ontheir pivots to either ot' the dot and dash positions shown in Fig. 2 orany intermediate position.

Owing to the fact that the rods 54 extend a considerable distance intoand out of the tubular members 55, it is possible to use a single sizeof such arms and rods for windows ot various heights, and due to thelateral adjustment of the suspension frame and the adjustably inouiidedrods 52, it is possible to make but a single size of such an awning as Ihave shown and described to accommodate various sizes of windows.

F rom the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided an awning thatmay be adjusted laterally for various widths of windows and one that isself adjustable in a vertical direction. It will also be seen that Ihave provided an awning that is operable from the interior of the housewhen used over windows having screens permanently fixed to them.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A window awning comprising a curtain adapted tovertically cover the entire length of the window when fully extended, alongitudinally adjustable roller on which said curtain is mounted toroll, a longitudinally adjustable frame in which the roller is mounted,a tube in the free end of the curtain, self-adjusting and telescopicallyarranged curtain extending means hingedly supported on the window frameadapted to swing an equal distance on each side of a horizontal centerline when the curtain is fully extended, rods adjustably mounted in thetube in operative engagement with the curtain extending means, meanssuspended from the tree end ot the curtain whereby the said curtain maybe rolled or unrolled, and a guiding roller for the last mentionedmeans, mounted below and in front of the pivot of the curtain extendingmeans.

2. In a window awning adapted to be longitudinally extended over theentire length ot the window, a spring rollei', a bracket in which theroller is mounted to rotate, a curtain secured at one end to the roller,selfadjusting telescopically arranged curtain extending means inengagement with the free end ot the awning, pivotally supported on thewindow frame, means suspended from the free end of the curtain wherebythe said curtain may be rolled or unrolled, and a guide for the lastmentioned means, mounted below and in front of the center of theextending means pivot, to permit the said extending means to assume anangular position when fully extended.

3. In a window awning adapted to be longitudinally extended over theentire length of the window, a spring roller, a bracket in which theroller is mounted to rotate, a curtain secured at one end to the roller,a telescopically arranged and self-adjustable curtain extending means inengagement with the free end ot the curtain, a bracket in which the saidextending `means is angularly and hingedl)7 mounted for pivotal movementof `substantially an equal distance on each side of a horizontal centreline when the awning is fully extended, and means for limiting the saidmovement from the initial angular position to a final angular position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature.

GEORGE SCHULER.

